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Recently the Indian Cricket team (male) got knocked out of the t20 world cup happening in Sri Lanka. This disappointed the 121 billion population but not equally. Some blamed the system, some blamed the captain, some blamed the seniors while rest of us just praised the efforts. The drama and disappointment reached a tremendous height because although India won against the arch-rivals it didn’t qualify for the semi-finals. Read Full Article Here

In my previous article, I had praised the so-called brats of the Indian cricket team and that list includes the spearhead. I will still praise Zaheer Khan because he went with the team ignoring his injury and did catch his bunnies. But this is not his year. So, this article is about our captain cool who is not the greedy Midas but an unselfish alchemist. He is a hero that the land of hero worshipers was waiting for but not because he is the avatar of any god. The secret of his unsurpassed national and global success is perhaps...    read more Follow @aishwaryasweet

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 2nd April 2011 Champions! Captain MS Dhoni's sixer gained India the title of 'World Champions'. All though the captain was out of form but when the nation called for his bat, he batted out the lankans. His confident batting created history by making India the first nation to win the ICC World Cup  at home. Gautam Gambhir's 97 helped the country to stand-up to the challenge of Sri Lanka when the top order toppled in front of Milanga.  Yuvraj Singh Marches on with Team India after the Win The entire country went in shock when sachin was caught by the Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara. Lasith Milanga had reduced India to 31-2 by taking two important wickets and sending shockwaves across 121 billion people.  But Gambhir, stood calm keeping a partnership with MS Dhoni of 109. Unfortunately, Gambhir was stumped by T Perera. However, the captain led from the front and anchored the team to the win with this lucky mascot 'Yuvraj Singh...

Yesterday, was a historic moment for the two countries. Pakistani PM meeting India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the India-Pakistan Semi-Final in Mohali. After a visible attempt of trying to re-establish friendship between the two countries. The much awaited match began with Captain MS Dhoni's decision of batting first. Virendra Sehwag gave an aggressive start to the match by piling 4s giving space to the master blaster to settle. But this aggressive streak came to an end with Wahab Riaz's ball when he had to go back to the pavilion with 38 runs.  However, the master continued to play in a steady and stable manner despite of repeated false appeals by the green gang. Six times the master blaster was declared not out. Sachin tendulkar proved once again that bowling him is not a "child's play". He paved the way to India's victory by quickly pushing the score above 100. The master's innings came to an end at 85 with Shahid Afridi's catch at Sae...

This is the latest news, what else can I say? India was the first Twenty20 world cup winner and we are the biggest losers today! What a shame! This has happened because of IPL and there is no reason to deny this fact. Since, our cherished players performed extremely well in IPL; they performed in the most shameful manner in a crucial international tournament. This happened two years back as well. I remember our beloved captain MS Dhoni speaking to a news channel that it happened because of IPL. Some days back MS Dhoni had said with complete confidence that "IPL won't affect, Twenty20 world cup performance". In just a matter of few days, the reality is in front of us. How can he be so negligent? Well, he can be; money is important and the country is used to such shameful events. So, why will he bother? Why would anyone else bother?Mr. Sharad Pawar is not bothered, neither is Mr. Modi nor is Mr. Tharoor bothered then why would the players bother? People and the me...